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TIL that Common Law Marriage is only actually recognized in 7 U.S. States and DC

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9Qm7 TIL Iraq has spent $85M on fake bomb detectors
Rl86 TIL a 17-year-old boy once tried to build a nuclear reactor in his backyard. Although his homemade reactor never achieved critical mass, it ended up emitting dangerous levels of radioactivity
R74yl TIL of the disappearance of Toni Sharpless in 2009. Three years later, a private investigator received an anonymous letter stating she had been murdered by a police officer, including information that had not been made public. Law enforcement dismissed the letter as a hoax.
LQBvd TIL the man that deposed the Jin Dynasty and founded the Liu Song Dynasty was a descendant of the Han Dynasty (which was deposed two centuries earlier by Cao Wei, Jin’s predecessor)
dDljE TIL in 1715 Sybilla Masters was awarded the patent for her corn-processing machine in her husband's name as coverture laws at the time prevented a married woman from owning property, including intellectual property.